HeyJaredTHE BIG 4-0
This is a podcast called THE BIG 4-0 with Ron and Peter. Every week we take a look at a seminal - or maybe not so seminal - movie that came out this week, 40 years ago.
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NIGHT OF THE CREEPS / AVENGING FORCE / BORN AMERICAN (opens the original)
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This week, our BIG 4-0 Birthday Boy is Michael Dudikoff standing in for Chuck Norris in the would-be sequel to INVASION USA, AVENGING FORCE. We also wish a happy belated BIG 4-0 to NIGHT OF THE CREEPS and action director Renny Harlin's debut film, the controversial BORN AMERICAN. Please Remember to Rate, Like, and Subscribe; and we'll be back next week to blow out 40 candles for TOUCH & GO, BLUE VELVET, and CROCODILE DUNDEE!
BONUS: DEATH WISH 2 / CAT PEOPLE (OUR NEVER-BEFORE-HEARD, FIRST EPISODE WE EVER RECORDED!) (opens the original)
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Happy Labor Day, BIG 4-0 Heads! To celebrate four years (!) of recording this podcast, Peter and Ron thought it would be fun to post our never-before-heard very first attempt at doing this show. We recorded a handful of episodes before posting our premiere in December of 2022. Some of them were posted as BONUS episodes throughout our first year or so, but we always deemed this one to be un-postable. We did a little editing and tightening here and there, but we're largely sharing this one 'warts-
STAND BY ME / THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE 2 / REFORM SCHOOL GIRLS (opens the original)
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Happy BIG 4-0 to a true seminal classic (Rob Reiner/Stephen King's STAND BY ME), a true cult classic (Tobe Hooper's THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE 2), and a truly forgotten bit of "women-in-cages" exploitation cinema (REFORM SCHOOL GIRLS). Ron also touches on MULTIPLICITY (1996) and 2 GUNS (2012). Please remember to Rate, Like, and Subscribe; and we'll be back next week to wish a Happy BIG 4-0 to our biy The Koff in AVENGING FORCE, and a belated BIG 4-0 to NIGHT OF THE CREEPS and Renny Harlin's (DI
FLIGHT OF THE NAVIGATOR / THE FLY / MANHUNTER / ARMED & DANGEROUS (opens the original)
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THE BIG 4-0 is back after a two-week break to celebrate the belated 40th birthdays of Disney's FLIGHT OF THE NAVIGATOR, David Cronenberg's THE FLY, Michael Mann's MANHUNTER, and John Candy's ARMED & DANGEROUS. We also look at handful of other, more recent films: THE END OF OAK STREET (2026), THE LAST HOUSE (2026), OVER YOUR DEAD BODY (2026), OBSESSION (2026), CLOWN IN A CORNFIELD (2025), MR. HARRIGAN'S PHONE (2022), THE TRIP (2021), TOKYO GORE POLICE (2008), RATED X (2000), BOUND (1996), SILENT
ONE CRAZY SUMMER / SHE'S GOTTA HAVE IT / NOTHING IN COMMON / BONUS: MEN AT WORK (1990) (opens the original)
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We have a two-week break coming up, so this week we have a jam-packed episode celebrating three BIG 4-0's and a BONUS: 1990's MEN AT WORK. Please remember to Rate, Like, and Subscribe; and we'll be back in two weeks with another big episode, as we wish a very Happy BIG 4-0 to three more summer 1986 releases: THE FLY, MANHUNTER, and ARMED & DANGEROUS.
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